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Finding a Full Time Job as a Senior

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Finding
a full time job, when you are a senior, is not always
easy. Despite laws against age discrimination, prejudices
are hard "kill". But, many employers have
realized, that the reliability, experience and dedication
to the job of senior employees outweighs most of the
popular prejudices.They have come to realize the valued
resource, which not so long ago, was left on the
sidelines, is a great asset to any company.

Organizations
like AARP and some others,
have realized the assets of Seniors long ago and have
noted employers, that are especially willing to engage
senior employees, calling them "Senior
Friendly Employers". Below is a list of
some of these employers. Apply to them, when you look for
a full time position.

The
companies below offer in most instances the
following benefits:

Employee
Discount (in Retail Companies)

Direct
Deposit

Prescription
Drug Card

Employee
Assistance Program

Annual
Bonus Programs

Employee
401(k) Savings Plan

Paid
Annual Leave

Medical/Life/Prescription/Dental
& Vision coverage

Short-Term
and Long Term Disability Program

Life
Insurance Program

Although, the current economic crisis has
led to some store closings and a loss of jobs, especially
in the financial and retail markets, there are still
opportunities in most areas. Retail for instance has
generally a high staff turnover and well trained people
are always welcome! Retail jobs also have the
advantage of being locally available.

Large Building Supply and DIY
retailer with stores all over the USA, Over $80
billion in sales.

All over
the USA

They have a special web page for
Senior employee applications

Home
Depot is looking for 50+ job seekers that are experienced
plumbers, electricians, and general contractors or
desire a career in the home improvement industry.
The Home Depot offers full and part-time
benefits, tuition reimbursement, and a career
with growth opportunities.

There are
1,775 Safeway stores across the US and Canada.
These include 312 Vons stores in Southern
California and Nevada, 112 Randalls and Tom Thumb
stores in Texas, 37 Genuardi's store in the
Philadelphia area, as well as 17 Carrs stores in
Alaska.

Its products include
office products and supplies, technology,
furniture, and business services

Sales of $16.1 billion. Operates
in 21 countries in North and South
America, Europe and Asia.

Staples operates
approximately 1,780 office superstores and also
serves its customers through mail order catalog,
ecommerce and contract businesses. Staples has a
special Senior employment page
on their site.

Close to
6000 stores in 49 states. The network of Take
Care Health Systems in-store clinics
employ nurse practitioners, medical assistants,
patient service assistants and more. Walgreens
Health Services is a rapidly growing
national managed care sales and
service organization.

Founded
in 1930; $23 billion annual sales, with 141,000
employees; More than 1,000 stores staffed with an
average of 140 associates. Stores in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
The largest employee-owned supermarket
chain in the nation.

Staffing
and Employment Agencies

Staffing
and employment agencies are a good source for full time
employment. Although, the number of jobs offered is
nowhere near those in retail, the average staffing office
has between 5 and 20 employees.

The
employment skills would require good
salesmanship, the ability to interview people and
to relate to employers as well as employees.
Obviously, if you arrive with a human resources
background, you have a "headstart".
Salaries are often directly linked to performance
bonuses and are therefore highly variable. The
recruitment industry has generally a fairly high
staff turnover.

If you do not want to work for a
staff agency, you can obviously also use them to
find you a job, either as a temporary or
permanent employee.

Full-time
or part-time. Long-term or short-term. First
shift or third shift. Direct hire, temp-to-hire
or temporary work

Nationwide

Staffing
service with franchise offices throughout the
country. Express employs people to work short-
and long-term assignments for a variety of
companies. Founded in 1983, Express has 450
office locations and a client roster of over
75,000 businesses. Offers free skills evaluation
and training to help you learn new skills or
enhance the ones you already have

Subsidiary
of the Netherlands-based Vedior, NV (randstad),
the company is international in scope with
operations in 50 countries including Europe,
North and South America, Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

The
world's first and largest specialized temporary
staffing service for accounting, finance and
bookkeeping professionals.

Security
and Protection Services

Working
in the private security business is a great job for
seniors, people looking for a part time job, people
looking for a second job or those who have retired from
law enforcement and the armed services. The things you
will need for a security job are:

A High
School Diploma

A Clean
Criminal Background Record

A Guards
Card (Security License)

A
Professional Attitude

A
Professional Image

There are also a large number of these
jobs available locally in almost any part of the country

Home and
Business Security Services; Full Time and Part
Time employment

Nationwide

Annual
revenues of $4 billion, ADT employs 20,800
associates at more than 180 sales and service
offices.careersatadt.com to view
all Customer Service and Corporate openings.

Government
Agencies

Government
agencies are a good source for jobs for seniors. The
government likes to employ people it does not have to
train and, apart from specific job training, are ready to
contribute. Apart from the normal bureaucratic and
administrative services there are those like the Internal
Revenue or Disaster Relief services, that go through
peaks in their work load, at certain times of the year.

By
assisting ODA in delivering disaster assistance
to needy families, businesses, and individuals, a
retiree can make a difference while serving the
public.

Nationwide

Small
Business Administration (SBA) through
its Office of Disaster Assistance
(ODA) is responsible for providing affordable,
timely and accessible financial assistance for
the repair and rebuilding of non-farm, private
sector disaster losses.

Controls
security for the highways, railroads, buses, mass
transit systems, ports and the 450 U.S. airports.
They employ approximately 50,000 people from
Alaska to Puerto Rico to ensure your travels - by
plane, train, automobile or ferry.The TSO
workforce is approximately 24.6% part-time versus
5.6% for the overall Federal workforce.

Government Jobs

Federal jobs are listed by Federal Government agencies in vacancy announcements published in various journals, web sites, directories, databases, mailing lists and hotlines.

The Federal Government hiring process being pretty strict, not respecting the rules and deadlines listed in the vacancy will get you irremediably disqualified, even if you are the most qualified candidate.

Federal Job Sites

While it is recommended to check government agencies' websites for more information, here are a few sites that list vacancies for Federal jobs:

Health,
Life and Casualty Insurance and Financial Services

The
Insurance and financial services industry offers a large
number of jobs where a variety of skills are needed.
These include jobs in areas such as Actuarial/
underwriting, Administrative Communications, Customer
Service/Call Center Finance/ Accounting, Investments,
Legal, Management, Operations. Although, some companies
in this business sector may go through some difficult
times at the moment, there are always jobs for seasoned
and well trained individuals.

Full Time
and Part Time employment in all
administrative and insurance/ finance areas

Nationwide

Offers
businesses, individuals and institutional clients
a range of financial products and services,
including retirement and investment services and
life and health insurance. The Principal has
$152.1 billion in assets under management and
services 14.6 million customers worldwide

Business
Services

AnswerNet
Network is a provider with over
50 locations across
the U.S. and Canada of 24/7 contact center
solutions including telemessaging, customer
service, telesales, help desk services and
answering services. Services are available in
English and Spanish with over 1,000 associates in
the United States and Canada.

The
world's largest provider of integrated mail and
document management systems, services and
solutions. There are career opportunities for
Sales Professionals, Mail & Document Services
Associates, Engineers

A leading
provider of customer care services and solutions
for market leaders in healthcare, financial
services, business services, publishing, travel
and hospitality, and communications. A major
provider of outbound and inbound customer
relationship management services.

Full Time
and Part Time employment in all areas. Work
from Home. Career
Site is here.

Worldwide

Leading
global provider of business process outsourcing
services in the contact center and fulfillment
industry. The company operates in 49 locations in
13 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and
Asia. Sitel provides fully integrated customer
care and back office processing services that
helps clients reduce service costs, improve
customer retention and increase revenue per
customer

Comcast
Corporation is a provider of cable, entertainment
and communications products and services. With
21.4 million cable customers, 7.7 million
high-speed internet customers, and 1.2 million
voice customers.

La Quinta operates and provides
franchise services under the La Quinta Inns and
La Quinta Inns & Suites brands. La Quinta has
many career and employment opportunities ideally
suited for experienced workers and values their
dependability, loyalty, and their work ethic.